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RICH MOND, VA.
a0- ,R47i_ =
^nblican. ? *. 5^?jf
,, DisSi?-U.e day of election
On Thursday next, .he conies. w.ll I* d?.d ^
"The eyes o! .be ????? _?>??, ^ ur
Get w! Boiling shall represent you in .he next
S ?r the United States. Let other d.^
,?i?c"s8laJter as they will, yet we cannot believe,
in ,nite of the boastings ol the Federalists, that
hc Republicans of the district "presented by
Z lamented Drontgoolc .illla" in..tor dW;
N??,hey will ?.and erect, true lo their o?n ?eU
tiled and approved ptiaeiples, and tn<
"l "'.here be a sine* ??????" ^ dSto?'
?c appeal tohimto lorn on. ^ ;
and consign Federalism.oa po Ileal grave Iro^
? hioK there will be no resurrection. >Ve
Tin Republican, are .rue .0 .hen,.
We have a fa.ge .??)?*>' -
lrie. and shall ? prove lalsoo our pnnc pl?
and'to our conn.ry, and sufferour
SSTS?a^-ecd,
Meade ,uay give a]prepo""
Jerance in favor ol the Democratic ran/ in the
geiher ? in lavor of the Democratic candidate R.
K Meade. II thc.e be a single Democrat who is
lukewarm in the causc or doubts the necessit)
ot giving his vote, we appeal to him to abandon
such a thought, to put his own Moulder to the
wheel and to call on his neighbor to do the same.
?Come out, then, Democra.s-with energy
and union?come lorth to Hie fight, like the Ro
xnan legion of old, when they were *?"??? 0
storm the fortress of the enemy, shoulder o shoul
der, with all your shields united; drive back the
Federal forces, and give us (.nee more a glorious
Democratic vic'.ory. In the language oi the
Petersburg Republican.
remember, democrats,
That Rii-S'ai'C Kii.dk* Mkade your candidal
i r font' i? t!i? steadfast and decided oppo
ipnPof a United States Rank, a Protective Ta
ritf the Distribution of the proceeds ol the sales
. i public lands, and grand schemes ol Inter
nal Improvements bv the Geneial Government.
That he is opposed to the "schemes' and pun
rioles oi ihc ^Vhiji pir')#
^That he is in favor ot a strictly revenue x a
r'^That lie is opposed, and will never give his
sanction to a Tarifi" which protects spindles, ma
SS.v'.nd capitalists at the expense ot the I3
L r ?| ik.t i.oncsi but poor IVIlcijanic.
That he does no. admit .he .igh. of anyone
class of Industry, in .His country, .o any sxclu
en:)rdy "pposed to all
MTha1Lh^irlinlaiorl,Vt,,an KeXt'sV
TTha!rhe is in favor ot the Present Administra
tion That he never has abused hi* o*n Go
veriment while at war with a foreign enemy,
nor sanctioned in any way such conduct in
0,That he is in favor of prosecuting the Mexi
can war with the utmost vigor until its object, an
honorable peace, is acquitcd.
He "ives all honor and praise to bo.li Taylor
and Scott ior their gallant deeds and nob.e \a.or
11 non the buiilt* ticlJs of IVicxito.
And that, il e'ected, as your representative lit
win be indelatigablc in his exertions to uphold
? Constitution, protect the rights o the oeople
ure?erve the Union, and to watch with a \ igilant
eye, the interests of his immediate constituents.
REMEMBER ALSO,
That George W. Boll.no the Whig rand.
date is emphatically, the candidate o the W h.gs.
That he was nominated by the \V Ins*, am.
,o ill intents and purposes, .he
?tentative of Whw policy, and \?hi? ? ?-nu
PLThat as a Whig member of Congress, if elect
cd, he will be virtually bound down to party ami
tO PARTY SCHEMES. . ?
That, while upon the subject ol a National
Bank and a Protective Tarifl he expresses what
lie considers moderate sentiments, he never) c.
has expressed his opinion as to the const,tut ion
nlitv o! a Batik, but he has said that it he bail
been ?n CoSefs he would have voted roK thk
T*TbmCtheS!re you, as Demorrats have no in
terest in his election, but should oppose it to -
?XL?! y'm7moUo,l,against his piinciplesandibe
. . , . | hisinrtv be "tolaI extermination*
your duty to vec* colxtry and yquhselv ls.
O- Our lriendt> in the counties of Biunswick,
Mecklenburg, Greensville, Prince George, Not
toway, Dinwiddie, Amelia, and the town ol 1 c
?ersburg, will please forwa.d us, at their la.l.est
convenience, the result of the Congressional elc -
tion to take place in that district on Thursday
next. We hope lo be able to herald to the coun
try a glorious Democratic victory.
We see it stated in some ol our exchange pa
pers that Mr. Morehcad, the Whig candidate for
Congress in the Ashland (Mr. Clay's) District,
Kentucky, refuses to avow himsell in favor o.
Gen Taylor. lie has publicly dcelarcd on the
huntings, that he will commit himself to no man
who will not avow himself a Whig.
The Augusta Democrat announces the death,
in Mexico, of Alexander Grove, Jas. B. Brown,
and Miles Sims, members of the Staunton Com
pany ol the Virginia Regiment ol Volunteers.
RICHMOND COLLEGE.?We learn tha,
iheTtusices of tlii-s institution (situated near this
city and conducted under the auspices ol the Bap
tists) have elccled Heath J. Christian, Esq , to the
chair of Ancieoi Languages, which lately became
vacant by the resignation of Prof. Holmes, who
is now of William & Mary College. Mr. Chris
tian has long been Principal oi that old and well,
known seat of learning, Rumfonl Academy, in
the county of King "William. He is a gentle
man well qualiiied for the post upon which he is
about to enter; and the appointment will give sa
tisfaction to many friends whom he has made
?wherever he has been known.
old POINT COMFORT.
This popular rrsor, we learn, is now fuller
than ever. Oa Wednesday there weiecne hun
dred and n:n"teen arrivals, and the company
waslaiger and more ngrecable than it has been
this season, and numbers coming in and expect
ed daily. The balls every night are said to be
brilliant and crowded, and all seem to be gay and
happy.
We are indebted to Mr. Beale, agent of the
steamboat Curtis Peck, for the Norfolk papers ol
Thursday, furnished to us at an early hour yester
day afternoon. Mr. B. inlorms us that the Cut t
u Peck brought up 150 passengers from Norfolk
and Old Point. |
U* The report that the Washington was ashore
off the eoast near New York, was inccrrrct. No
tidings of her had been received in Baltimore at
5 o'clock, last (Thursday) evening.
A Whig Slate Convention has just been held
at Augusta, in the State of Maiue. It adopted
resolutions expressive ol the opinion ol the Wbi^s
of Maine, that a National Whig Convention
should be called to nominate candidates lor P,e
sidentand Vice President of the United States.?
This may be viewed as another blow at <he ami
"organization">bran(hoithe "barmouious" Whig
party i
The following can be from the pen ol none
other than our friend J. S S. of the Farmers Li
brary. Wliij; as ',e is? wc caD excuse bis little
hiis, in consideration of the attractive sketch ol
the mo.<t interesting portions ol Virginia. A sub"
i sequent letter describes the company at the Wann
j Spring, that "delightful resting place, where,l>e
l side the most delicious bathing, and late to satis
! ly the most fastidious, the company, like that
which is always touud in old Congress Hall at
Satatoga, is of that Inlelligent, quiet and dvniiftie
kiud, which lor me has the strongest attraction."
[Correspondence ol the N. ^ . 'lribune.]
VIRGINIA?TRAVELLING AND HOSPI
TALITY IN THE SOUTH.
Waiim Springs, Bath Co., Va., July 15, '47.
Above you have my whereabout, which you
have a right to know, and as to ktnr I fil l fore,?
just run your eye along the map, liom Haiti mote
down the noble Chesapeake Day, ten miles wii.e
and two hundied inland, until you 'open' the
mouth ol the Rappahannock?then ascending that
beautiful river tor one hundred miles or more,
washing the fertile shores ot Middlesex, Essex
and Caroline, Lancaster, Richmond, Westmore
land and King George, you find yourself again
on the line ot Atlantic railroad at Fredeiicks
burg. Here we were met by two saddle-horses,
his family coach and a light wagon lor our bag
gage, sent down by a lriend some sixty miles to
meet us. This gives you at once a specimen of
Southern hospitality, and shows how they still
carry things on in the Old Dominion. The first
night, without any previous warning whatever,
at y o'clock, we teat up the quarters of the vene
rable Col. Thorn, at Berry Hill. Col. T. is one
ot the few that are ieft of the "Old School" gen
tlemen of Virginia, like the Leaves ol the Sibyl,
growing more precious as they diminish in num
ber. His courteous spirit and gallantry make
you forget his age,and at once persuade you,that
with all your men, women and children, lour
servants and six horses, your call is considered,
as he averred, a favor, and not an intrusion.?
From this "Hill" we caught in the distance next
morning the first view ol the "Blue Ridge."?
His easy and unafiected kindness made us re
gret thai we could not accept his invitation to
prolong our stay; but departing, alter a good
old-fashioned Virginia breakfast, we passed by
Culpeper Court House, and after slowly travel
ling up hill and down dale, towatd night passed
Woodvillc, and jttst at sunset entered through
mountain gorges, a valley as beautiful as the
"happy" one descrilied in Rasselas.
In the centre of this plain, which was evident
ly once the bottom of a lake, on a beautiful
mound ot about ten acres, stands Mowpelier
House, the residence of Dr. P. Thornton, in the
midst ol 1,000 acres, and lacking only a water
view to make it decidedly the most charming si
tuation for climate and scenery that I have seen
anywhere between the Crescent City on the Mis
sissippi and the "Heights of Abraham" on the St.
La wrencc. Under his hospitable roof three
[ weeks passed like so many days. At last we tore
ourselves away, and crossing through "Thorn
ton's Gap," passed over into Page County, by its
capital, Luray. and so crossing the Shenandoah,
wc arrived at New-Market, a central point, on
the great Macadamized Turnpike which leads
from Winchester to Staunton. Here we were de
tained two days, waiting lor the very uncertain
chance of three vacant scats in the mail stage,
which passes at 1 A. M., and alter two sleepless
nights, got our baggage on in the stage,and hired
a conveyance to Staunton. New-Market being,
you must know, an incorporated city, is entitled
to a passing notice. It consists ol two opposite
rows of wooden houses, with very lew exceptions,
extending lor a quauer of a mile on each side of
the road, without a solitary tree to mitigate the
fierce glare of the sun, nor docs any house ap
pear to have iclt the lightest impress of a pain
ters brush lor years past. In a tailor's shop is
the Council Board. Here the Fathers ol the Ci
ly hold their sessions, in the wisdom of which
they have deemed that no man shall, within its
precincts, periorm that one of the three cardinal
duties which consists in planting a tree. I have
often thought that all municipal authorities should
make it a penal oHence to omit planting trees be
fore your door, but here it is expressly forbidden?
and lor what reason, do you suppose 1 D' ye give
it up? Because, they say, in ease ol fire, the
trees viigh.1 serve to spread the conflagration! Most
wise and provident Fathers !
The whole valley of the Shenandoah is, as you
know, a limestone region?renowned lor its ferti
lity, somewhat, I apprehended, beyond its actual
productiveness, lor, according to the cstimaie of
the k*t informed persons, us average yield in
wheat does not excel that ol New York, which,
as shown by the Stale returns of 1815, was below
fourteen bushels to the acre. This valley seems,
loo to be realizing the prediction of the fanciful
and philosophical Volney, as to the Increasing li
ability of limestone countries to intense ekouth,
lor the toll-gate keepers said there had not been a
rain since the 2d ol April to wet the earth to the
depth of two inches, and at New-Market a Post
Master, appointed as far back as 1S01, and (being
a good Loco,) still in office, remaiked that now
thete are no signs of water where, in his boyhood,
there were streams large enough to "turn a mill."
In Fauquier, Rappahannock, and Culpeper coun
ties, the average product oi" Wheat is probably
not more than seven bushels to iho acre, yet that
whole country seems admirably well adapted to
Gia.vs, and from its high, undulating character, to
sheep husbandry; nor can it b?* doubted, that these
three Counties would carry several hundred thou
sand iii addition to their present flocks. Better
mutton and lamb is not to be found in the world
than at the tables of the gentlemen whom I visit
ed, or the hotels on the route, but it is only for an
occasional mutton and lamb throughout the sea
son, for their own use, that they seem to look on
Shcip as ol any account! Instead of a regular
inspection of their Hocks, to selcct their best for
breeders, and to pick out and any-how get clear ot
all the surplus before they get old and defective,
they visit their sheep only as powerful Cluisliau
nations do weaker ones, to shear them, or other
wise help themselves to all they want. In boih
cases, the stoutest and most vigorous arc most apt
to be made to "bite the dust," while the most
weakly and artless are apt to 'tun' and impure
the breed.
The whole 'valley' is a magnificent farming
country equalling in appearance, if well watcied,
j any district of equal extent in the country, and
notwithstanding i:s distance from market and a
| tax on its produce ol 5 cents per bushel for every
10 miles of transportation, over an excellent Ma
cadamized road, ill e price of land here has been con
stantly well maintained, bringing from 335 to f>0
and even SCO an acre. One suflicient reason for
this is to be found In the character and habits oj the
farmers, who aie almost universally plain, hard
working, economical men,differing in this resncct
from their fellow-citis-.'ns on the tide-waters of the
State. A large piopoition of them are ol German
blood, with but little idea of any cultivation ex
cept the cultivation of their land, nor ol any en
joyment like the pleasure ol accumulation.?
Their ruling passion may bs said to consist in a
sort ol land-mimsering instinct, which prompts
them to lay out in terra forma every brass farthing
they can scrape together, on which they settle
their children around them. With such a com
munity, alive only to such ptopensities, in an emi
nently healthy diMriet, and where the Malthusian
chcck never Mops the great woik of Nature, there
is no danger that land will undergo any material
fall in price, to whatever limits we may extend
our possessions, as Might ever has and ever will
do, by trampling on Right, where it can do it with
assured impunity.
But 1 must not forget that yours is a great city
newspaper, constantly throwing off bulletins of
the price of stocks, and of bloody battles, forac
conntsof which the tnstc of our Christian public
is becoming more and more ravenous. 1 must
therefore cut short this dull account of the dull
pursuits of country life, adding only, that by a
special conveyance, we reached Staunton that
night rom Newmaiket. Thence you depart at 2
P. M., lodge at Clover Dale, and bless the hour
that Providence brings you salcly here the next
morning, and puts you down at siuh a place, to
breakfast and tecruit yourself. And when I say
to breakfast, I don't mean a wagoner's breakfast,
such as we too often meet with at stage taverns
where you are forced to stop, and where you are
supplied on the presumption that hunger willgob
ble down anything; lor the tare here at the Warm
Springs, I can assuie you, is as vaiicus, and as
exquisitely nice, in material and cookery, as yon
would expect or could desire at the very best hotel
in New York or in Paris?with the greatest varie
ty of bread, of the most superb quality, and more
over, the finest venison every day. Of the bath,
the scenery, the visitors, &c , I will speak hero
alter. In the mean lime, I hope it will not aggra
vate your sufleiings?which 1 know is intolera
ble?to state that the thermometer never rises hete
above 80?rarely to that?always falling at night
down below at least one blanket.
A RAMBLER.
The last Abingdon Jaeksonian contains a card
from Mr. Samuel V. Fulkerson, dated Estillville,
Scott county, July 10th, 1847, in relation lo the
formation of a company in Little Tennessee, lor
the Mexican war. Mr. F. slates that it is im
possible to effect any thing in that county in the
volunteering line, at present, in consequence ol
the whole community having been thrown into
excitement and consternation by the report of the
small pox having broken out and taging in the
western part of the county. lie also declares he
is a standing volunteer, so long as llieie is a call
on Virginia; and if Washington, or Russell, or
Scott, or Lee, or all of them together will raise a
company, he will be one of the number.
Mr. F. hopes, that if untoward circumstances
prevent his portion of the State from getting a
company into the field, other portions will act
promptly, if they have not already acied, and
maintain the high character ol the Old Dominion.
For the Eufti^r?
TO THE VOTERS OF THE
LI A M SENATORIAL ?IS rhlO .
The much lamented death ot Carle? . ^ ^
ton having deprived \ou of a i< P -c
the Senate ol Virginia, it will m*T|1C
vacancy jTOduced by his Uc??''?? 1 r:... .-ral
i. f*Z y??' ???'
Philip Ay leu, ol Iviuk W > ?'?J w.' cal.
education, experience and ... Ml, t > (hc
culaled :o represent wi M"1' a ' II eve.v
Senatorial Disuict in ?h.c h rman?i? l>a?
attribute which constitutes ihc -in ^ mrnts_jf
services?iI libera I y requisite lor
enlarged views upon eve lhJ may all
a man from his neighbors, and tf?ai fcomwen
alone we ca? ^ , 'v! whicli the people
SrKi?n" ?William haU evinced lor G? Ageu.
The v best know his merits. A ''Vsct?^' '
Patrick Henry?wealth, lonors, olhcc, haven*
alienated him* from the people-and whenever oc
casion has requiied it, they have warmly and de
^KIecicdToPU.e Le?i?iaiure in 1816, ll(j l??s
various times since lepresenird the people o I -
conniy and disttict.asa iiicint?er ol iht lluiw of
Delegates and Senate, and was for many years
a member ol the Boa.d ol Public Works.
It is unnecessary fur me ?o tell you iImi he h.
done nothing to destroy that trust and confidence
which you so cheerfully placed in him inloimer
times, and still deserves your suppoit shouldhe
present himself to you as a randidaic for Hie se
nate. One op the Pkoh.e.
For !ti- F.vtptvcr.
A vacancy having occurred in the King and
Quoin Senatorial District, the public attention i
natuially directed to the subject .'I a successor to
the lamented gentleman who lately represented
it. Many names hive been mentioned, and doubt
less a eo'nventii'ii of ddegaies fioin ih<* counties
of the district will bo held. to select a suitable ie
piesi ntalive from among'hose xvho-e dain.M will
be presented. Permit me tocall the attentionion he
voters to a gentleman, than whom none in i ie
ransc ef sidection? whether we contemplate the
puiiiy and uselulncss ol his life in retirement, or
ihe eilicicncy, dignity and public spirit, which
have distinguished him in every public station in
which he has been plated?presents to his lellow
I citizens more decided claims to their consrdera
I tion. I mean General Cotbin Braxton ol rung
William. ., . .
This suggestion is made without the know
lege ot Gen. Braxton. The wiiter does not even
know thai it would be agieeable to him; but pre
suming that, however attached he may be to in
pursuits which dignify anil adorn the lilc ot a
private gentleman, he would not hesitate to obey
a call to a public station by those in whom he
will recognize the right lo require his services,
have taken the liberty ol introducing his name to
the consideration ot the district. .
July'27, 1S47. KING W 1LLIAM.
For the Enquirer.
Messrs. Editors: In the Whig of the 25th ?oi
June, is a very extraordinary article signed fcs
sex." It is pompous, inconsistent, utireasonab.e
and absurd. From the introductory remarks,
one would imagine that the author was some
thing ola politician, as he denies the right either
of the General or State Government to losier any
one interest to the detriment ot others; and in the
sequel he invokes his State Government to en
slave fitly thousand Irce person?; and not satisfied
with this, he reroroiuciids that the next l^ejjisla
ture *o tax the merchants that all ot limited ca
pital shall be driven to other pursuits. Now, the
reasons for absurdities so gross, should be pre
ponderating indeed. Well, letihetnbesiate?.:
The negroes sieal an aggregate of more than
one hundred and fifty thousand barrels of corn
annually, and dispose of the same to the free ne
groes and to the small dealers. The proofs:
The Iree negroes will not work-ergo, ihev cat
one hundred thousand barrels ol stolen corn. I he
small dealers are con -tantly shipping corn, with
out the means of buying it?ergo, they get it
from the negroes.-1 have always understood
that the receiver of stolen goods was as bad as
the thief; bui according to the punishment pro
nosed by "Essex," the Irce negroes, without dis
tinction, arc to be enslaved, because a part o
thein can obtain one hundred and filty thousand
barrels ol stolen corn from the negroes without a
dollar to pay for it. Now, the slave beinc juvii
c(n> rr.minis, and the original mover in ihe the l,
should have an equal punishment ; so I would
propose, if fil'iy thousand lire persons ol color
be removed to some remote corner of ihe earth,
ib?i as many slaves accompany them. But, by
the by, 1 did not know that the earth had coiners.
I can nut make an estimate ol the number of
small dealeis that would be driven to other pur
MHH-.-ay lour hundred with their families; ma
Wine in the aggregate about one thousand six
hundred. Well', the guilty ol ihc negroes are
equally guilty with ihe guilty of those; and how
shall their punishment be determined, with as
many innocent ones as will make up a like ag
??reoate'' I would say, ihey should l?e soul, and
the^rocced* put into the public treasury. Now
ail the small dealers being, by ihe rigors ol legis
lation, driven to other pursuits, what if the ih
cioes continue to steal and find plenty ol persons
receive ihe booty 1 1 would say, in eveiy case
upon detection and conviction, that the master ol
the slave be lined one hundred dollars, and ihe
receiver of ihe stolen soods another one hundred i
dollars?all to be placed irdo the public treasury.
It is not the being a merchant that inducesa per
son lo ccnduct an illicit trade, but the being
evil disposed; and less sagacity than Ihe article
signed "Essex" manifests, and God knows ii ma
nifests Utile enough, should have suggested this
and is it not lo be apprehended, that a class
vigorously oppressed, would be instigated lo re
venge, and so persist in an aggravaieil prac
tise of the evils complained of 1 Such i>
believed lo be human nature, particulailv when
j( would plead in extenuation, black injustice and
unfeeling oppression. "Essex" objects lo cross
road establishmenls; and here again his penetra
tiun is at fault. The more public the place of
resort, the less chance for illegal trade; and il
the propiietors of those concerns be driven lo
oilier pursuits, they will then be less objects of sus
picion; and their characters being unchanged and
clothed with ihe panoply of persecution, and in
Plicated by revense, with a laudable pietext lor
excrtin" it. the evil wuiilJ be iner^a?ed rather
than diminished. I will not aMc "Essex" why
he would punish ihc innocent with ihc guilty, in
asmnch as he might have brains enough to give
me a pertinent reply! I could, were it necessr.
rv point out incongiuities and absurdities in this
extraordinary article of ' Essex," that improvi
dent zeal has ushered inio lite; "but the game is
not worth tlie^candle." To practice siicce?M'ully
on ihe precep's indicated by "Essex," we should
have to establish an inquisition, construct cn
gines of toriure, and erect a guillotine.
1 will notice a single indiscreet assertion of
"Essex," and ihen close my hasiy lematks. lie
says the groggeiies aic multiplying rapidly un
der our existing license laws. Now. I reside in
the same county from which he hails, and am
totally ignorant of a single instance of increase,
even ol a shop, yciepi "a store." His apprehen
sions. founded no doubt in some causes ol alarm,
npplicable to all classes and avocations, have
transported his teats intoan intemperate zeal, de
rogaiory to the authors, and injurious in its un
sparing abuse and insinuations, not against this,
ihal or the other cross-road merchant, but each
and every one struggling against adversity.
' C A N DOR.
For Ihc Enquirer.
PUBLIC MEETING IN ORANGE.
A large and respectable meeting of the citi
zens of Orange was held at the Court llousc, on
Monday, ihe 'JG'.h of July, for ihe put pose of ex- |
pressing iheir opinion of the heroic conduct of
their young and gallant countyman, Wm. C.
Poiter", who has recently returned from Mexico?
to congratulate him on his sale return, and wel
come him back to his native county.
Un motion, Maj. Ambrose Madison was call
ed to preside, and John C. Walker appointed Se
cretary.
The object of ihe meeting was explained in a
few appropriaic rcmaiks by Mr. James New
man; on whose motion a committee was appoint
ed by the Chair consisting ot ihe following gen
tlemen: James Newman, Dr. U. Terr ill, George
Pannill,Sr., Capt. 13. F. Nalle, Col. G.Scott, I?d- ;
win Gibson, Dr. D. Pannill,Thos. Graves, Capt. (
John Willis, and Dr. Thus. Wharton, to intro
duce suitable resolutions.
During the absence ol the committee, the meet
ing was highly entertained by a briel but elo
quent address from Maj. John H. Lee, in which
he paid a handsome tribute to the gallantry of
bis luave young lrier.d, who had *o nobly sus
tained himself on the heights ol Monterey and
on the plains of Buena Vista, and in so doing
ihcd an additional lustre on old Orange, within
whose borders repose the ashes ol Madison and
ihe Baibours, and who is proud to claim ihe birth
place of obi Rough and Ready.
After Major Lee had concluded, the Commit
tee, through their Chairman, reported the fol
lowing preamble and resolution?, which were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas, ourcountyman, Wm. Camp Porter,
has recently leturned from ihc theatre ol war,
wherein he acted an honorable and gallant part,
as a volunteer in the Mississippi Rifle Regiment,
under the heroic Davis, in the memorable battles
ol Monterey and Buena Vista?
IiesvlvcJ, That the valor and patriotism dis
played by him on those bloody fields, so honora
ble to American arms, eminently entitle him lo
the applause and gratitude of his native county.
licsvlvcd, That we tender lo him this public
expression of out approbation, as an evidence of
our high regatd 'or him, and cordially welcome
him on his safe retoin to the bosom oi his fami
ly and friends.
On motion, it was
Kesolttd, That the proceedings ol this meeting
Li: published in the Richmond and Ficdcricks
bute papers. . .
AMBROSE MADISON, Chairman
J. C. Walker, Chairman.
'l'o thf. Editors uj (he En/purer. ,oi-r
Sahatooa Si'BiNGS, July *..>,1817.
My dear Siis: From Richmond lo ihis place,
, thejouiney can be made in two days. 1 left
Richmond at 8 o'clock, f n?.l at 11 o clock ihe se
[ cond day I had put down my name at the uni.ea
Slates Hotel, alter having had a moonlight view
I of of (be Hudson river. When lhi3 stream is
j seen by daylight, with all of its wild and striking
| features surrounding you on every side, present
! ing here a village and thne a blufi, here a steam*
? er and there n sail vessel?at one point an acadc
i iny, and then a Ion?here splendid private resi
liences, and there the fisherman's hut?you are
j last in tiie contend ng interest and emotions
? that aieawakened in the mind. But when the
: bright a ad glowing sun has scarcely spent us
I last ray up<>n the vaiiega'.ed clouds that some
' times reccive a gorgeous splcrdor lrom it,
the moot hung out in the sky above, you in
the mids ot its myriadsot twinkling satellites
and ihe vhole ol man's labor seems suspended
along th? *h?.r.-, you see before you a clus
ter uf drrk mountains, iliat appear as an eternal
barrier before you; you are borne alone to
their bate, and lind that a stream, which bears
on its bfliom so many millions ol fieight and
tonnage has its psssagc through them; you
are lost in evetv feeling of admiration, borne
have called the Hudiou llie Rhine ol America,
but its own name is more appropiiate, lor nothing
can surpass it.
On rtaching Albanv, yon arc at the terminus
ol the gieat Eric Canal; and, as an inland town,
it preseits many features ol interest. Ol its ma
nulact'cicx it is needless to speak, as every New
England imvn abounds with them. I lie place ts
handsomely situated, and well buill; it*? public
building* i;'.e suitable and well arranged lor the
vaiious pniposrs l? r which thev were consttucl
cd. The best hotel in the placc is Delavan's-the
great temperance establishment?the only lash
ionable ho.ise on that principle that 1 have had
the pleasuri of seeing?that is, the only one that
might projvrly be considered the most fashionable
house in lit*place in which it i* situated. I]crc
we have oie? the old Congress Hall and it is
the third-rae establishment at this seat of health
and plcasuie. Immediately opposite the Railroad
Depot is tht entry to the park that surrounds the
Western ml ol the United States Hotel, the cen
tre olfashiai and gaiety. You will here And at
all '?cajons he exquisites and belles of the place.
All of the public balls atcheld in this hotel; and
you will see visitors fiom every other house in
the village ^n the portico,or in the parlor, every
evening.' 7o my mind this seemed a little out
of place, but still it is done regularly; and be
sides, yen will see large numbers of peisons, who
do not subscribe to the balls, about the windows, |
looking on, *heii the pricc of admission (SI 50) j
has not beer paid by tht in. But these balls are |
very poorly attended. There was one he.d on
Friday nigh:, and singular enough there was no
dance at all, nor indeed any thing like it, as 1
learn, although the number ol strangers here can
not be lar lrom two thousand. 1 need not say
that this nimber at the White Sulphur Springs
in Virginia would not only make up a dance
orcc a week, but for every night in the
entire season So great has been the improve
ment in travelling. Hint you can, from Richmond,
now reach these Springs in a shorter period ol
time and for ts little money as you can the Vir
ginia Springs; but il we had from the seaboard
to ihe,White Sulphur such conveyances as there
arc from Ncv York to the Saratoga, net only
would you s-e Virginia well represented, bat
every Slate from Main, to Texas; lor there is no
one at all informed here thai does not place the wa
ter and the placc lar beyond all others in every
way. Here, no one speaks without an introduc
tion, and you are really pained to see the condi
tion ol some persons, who are unlorlunatrly with
out any acquaintance, in a multitude, who seem
colder than ice and more inhospitable than the
winter's wind. When your are pioperly intro
duced, however, evjryihing is smooth and plea
sant. A lew even ngs ago, I spent an hour wiih
some very intelligent and well informed persons
lrom the old Bay State, and 1 was auruscd at the
muprise with which the ladiesr-poke ol an ex
pression made u>e of bv the accomplish
ed lady of the editor of the N. V. Express, viz:
"that it really gave her pleasure to sec visitors at
her house in Virginia; that it was not formality
nor politrncsi that induced hei to exhibit them
kindness and attention, but that it was really a
pleasure to do so." This will at once satisfy eve
ry one that whenever they see smiles or aitention
iii New Btigland, it is not like it is in the Old Do
minion; but that, like a parrot's jargon, it will a*
readily change to any thing else as the wind shifts
lrom one poin'to another. But this isallasthe
people here desire it, and they have ihe right, un
der the Conu+ utimi, io do as iliey plea.-e. J he
Yankee is j,o )iher being than what interest makes
him. They indersiar.il each e ther very well, and
ti'-n'-c I svesstJonU make any od?h much with th-vi.
The visitoB to Saratrga stay a very short time;
the larger nunberoiily a day or two; there are
so many chaiges in the society in a single week
that j'fii a re Inever thinking you are ye^urrcll tra
velling, so frc|uent arc the arrivals and departures.
The numbe who come and go in a single
season is sriJuwn at thirty-five thou.'and. But,
altogether I,have had a ray pleasant lime of if;
may 1 wi^h on as much during the summer in
the Old Diaiinion, whether you uo to Piney
Point, OKI P.-int, or no point at alii But, at this
point, I beg cave to stop, with the single expres
sion that l s;v a party from Piney Point, whii h,
from all appearances, had seen some pleasure?
whether thai was true or no', Ihe Junior Editor
can tell. Votir ob'dt serv't, M.
[From Ihe .Voir York Evening P.'fl ]
gen. W(OL and THE VOLUNTEERS.
We insei below the waim tribute of icspect
paid by the'hief officers ol the first Illinois Rc
uimcnt, andtlie brave Cicn. Lane, of the Indiana
Brigade, lo Geti. Wool, on taking leave of his
command it Buena Vista. It is a uiumphani
vindication of ihe sound miliiaiy policy which
this brave ;nd accomplished officer adopted and
vigorously pursued in his extraordinary manage
ment ot tin volunteer lorccs ol his army. He
has piovi d,Ly the result ol his own example in
the enforce neat ol discipline and the establish
mentof a strict but just military police, that vo
lunteer, when properly officered, become the
most powi/iul aimy iliat can be brought inio thr
field. They are then taught lo acquire the ordi
nary efliciincy il regular soldieis, wink* they .ne
appealed n as citizens, and retain in lull vigor
thai spirit-'ousing stimulant ol State aiin Nation
al pride, wiich worked so magically oil the bat
tle-ground )f Buena Vista.
There isanother laci developed, not merely by
the immediite tribute of respect to which we call
attention, hit in the genetal language of ihe vol
unteers siicc the great battle, which we icgnid
as hi"hlv .uspicious lor ihe service. It is very
evident thit most ol ihcrn have changed theii
views enii'ely as to the necessity ol discipline.?
They experienced its benefits in that terriblecon
diet and tiey now appreciate its importance.?
What wcild have been their late it discipline
had been rrevioosly disregarded"? Their lorce on
the battle field was but 4,010, ot which mote than
-1 000 were Volunteers, who in the preceding sum
mer had ieen organized into ihe service by Ge
neial Wo)l in the respective S'aies of which they
were privite citizens,
They were now surrounded by an army of twen
ty-four thousand oj the best disciplined, the most
nu moronity ? dice red, and the most veteran army
ever raised in Mexico. Ten thousand of them
with Ampudia had been under tire at Monterey,
and there were officers and men who had fought
against old Spain, and made civil war their pas
. time for twenty five years. What, we repeat the
I question, would have bem the fate of our brave
and devuicd little atniy, il discipline had been r.e
j circled 1 Probably in one hour ihcy would have
i been thrown into confusion, and then, il the san
? guinary design ol the Suwarrow ot .Mexico had
i been carried e>ut, seconded by his licensed <>s
i sassins, the inluriatcd lancers?and his Cossacks,
I the rancheros-who were placed as additional ,
; outposls to cut ctr every straggler, and were all j
thirstit g lor blood and plunder, not one man of |
i our heroic band would have survived to tell the ,
! talc of horror.
It is cot surprising, therefore, that wc find not j
? only a change of opinion as to the absolute ne- j
I cessity of discipline, but an out-pouring of
! -jraielul admiration towards General Woo! for
| his steady determination in enfoicing it, and his
I admirable example in directing it to the best ad
I vantage on the field ot battle. He had known
| battlefields before. But the volunieers, with ihe |
I exception ol unc legsroent, had never been under j
fire. lit knew that his sole dependence in the
hour of liial would be Horn that self-confiding '
bravery which discipline alone inspires Ac- i
cording')' he hed lrom the moment the army w-as j
concentrated ai San Antonio in the latter part ol j
August, until (alter accomplishing a inarch ol i
nine hundred miles) he presented them in front ol
Saltillo on the alarm ol General Worth in the j
latter pan ol December, and thence up to the very
day o! battle, directed the whole energies of a
long military life to make his column not only
ihe proudest mode I of an army in all its appoint
mcnts, equipments and supplies, but the best in
its discipline and military deportment. In iI.im
lie did succeed, but il eost him his popularity
with many of the volunteers. They had dieani
ed not of the hardships of drill and subordination,
of order and discipline, but ot the romances ol
military marches and encampments; and conse
quently, as ihe Saltillo Picket Guard in his plain
style sav- 'No General ever had so many cutses
for so few eriences." But now he w changed is
the langiage of the volunteers :
"I take back," says one ol them in an Arkan
sas paper, "all I have said against Gen. Wool."
"Little as his column liked him before the battle,
says another, "they all now admit that he is a
splendid General." "P?n. Wool, says a third,
(Telegraph & Review, Alton, April 9,1847,]
"behaved most gallant.?, and ^as earned all ihe
country ran do for him, besides the re?pecl, es
teem and admiration ol hii brigade, who, before
the bailie, had a long account of what they con
sidered petty annoyances, treasured against him.
Uuotalions of similar purport might be multi
plied, but wc will only add the following:
TllK Il.LISC.IS VOLCSTREBS, TO GkN. WOOL.
Hrazos Fantiauo, June -'5, 184/.
Brig. G<*n. Wool?The officers and soldiers of
the first legimcnt of Illinois Volunteers, on the
eve of leaving Mexico (or their homes, would do
violenee to their own lcelings did they not tender
to their immediate commanding general a testi
monial i?l their regard. Upon entering the ser
vice a year sincf, they were not prepared U) ap
preciate ilic importance of discipline and dull,
and consequently roin|?laiued ol them as onerous
and unncces?aiy. Complaints were loud and
many. . , , t ..
Tht ir judgments convinced, these feelings
have undergone a change, and they now thank
you tor your untiring exertions to make them ttse
iul to their country and a credit to the State.
Whatever, sir, ol service we may have done
our common country, or whatever of honor we
may have dine the State of Illinois, to Gen. J. E.
Wool is due the ciedit. You, sir, brought your
column into the Held well provided lor and disci
plined, and fought them well when you got them
there; and should our countiy ever again need
our stTvicc* in tlit* field, ii would be our proudest
wish to again meet the enemy under the imme
diate command oi one in whose energy, watch
fulness and courage we and the whole army have
the most unlimited confidence.
With the best wishes for your future fame and
happiness, on the part ol tht regimcm, we Leg
leave to subscribe ourselves your iiiends.
[Signed bv] W. WEATBERFOKD,
Col. 1st Kegirnent III. Vol.
W. C. WARREN,
Lieutenant Colonel,
[and forty company and start officers.]
General L?nkto General Wool.
lii'EN'A Vista, Mexico, May -0,1S17.
Dear Geneial: In a lew days we are to lake
up ilic line o! march homeward, and, from my
understanding ol the law, I am soon lo be dis
charged, and I greatly hope that ihe cause which
cave i ise to my appointment may soon cease to
exist. A speedy and honorable peace with this
country is much desired by every American citi
zen. Hut, my dear General, I cannot think of
parting with you without expressing my high opi
nion of your treat wonh as a military man.?
During the lime that I have been under your
command, 1 have lound you prompt, faithful and
vigilant, in the discharge ol your duty, looking
alone to the good ol ihe service and the honor and
gloiy ot our country. A strict disciplinarian,
you have dischaiged your duty with ability, and
an impartiality worthy a great man. Your exer
tions iis second in command at the great and glo
rious battle of Burna Vista, moving to and fro
in every pail of ihe field, watching (he move
ments of the enemy, exposed to danger almost
every moment of ihe day, ordering and disposing
of our forces in the best manner to meet and ie
pulse the enemy?and by your exertions, coolness
and courage in gaining this victory, you have
won laurels and a fame that will endure as long
as the (races ol American history shall exist.?
Hoping that ycu may live Ions to enjoy the thanks
of a grateful people,
I remain, sir, your ino-t obedient and humble
servant, JOSEPH LANE,
Brigadier General.
Btig. Gen. Wool, commanding forces at Buena
Visia, Mexico.
FROM VENEZUELA.?A Idler dated
Porto Cabelln, July 10, says, the country is per
fectly tianquil. The active, and at the same time
conciliatory measures laken by the Government
since the omission of General Monagas, have had
a good c tlcct upon the agitatfd waieis. ^ ru
have heretolore received information ol the com
mutation ol Guzman's scnience ol death into
banishment for life. lie left Caraccas in June,
and is now reading in the Island of Curacoa.
In refcience to the discussion in the Venezue
lan Congress last session, upon the proposed
alteration Irom the specific lo the ad valorem
system ol collecting duties, the most able men in
Congress, amongst them Senor Santos Michelana
and Senor Jose M. de Rojas, advocated an imme
diate change, and ihere wasamajotity in the
House of Representatives uho would have voted
with those gentlemen, but having had an inter
view with the minisuy upon the subject, (by a
Committee,) and obseivir.g a certain timidity on
iheir part, ornn unwillingness to meddle this sea
son with a matter of so much importance, with
out furiher study or redeciion, and especially at a
very critical moment, when all the resources ot
the State were required lor lh* exigencies of the
government,?not knowing either what ellcct a
change would make in ihe amount of revenue,
ihe Ministry prevailed upon Congress to postpone
ihe subject to a more convenient opportunity.
1 have hopes ;hat the measure will be cariied
through ai'ihc next session of Congress. J he
communications addressed by V. Ellis, late U.
S. CliDige des Affairs here, to Senor Marriqiie,
Secretary of Foreign Relations, had a powerful
effect in awakening the people upon the subjcci,
and 1 sinceielv believe that ha.I his despatches
referred to, remained unpublished, the ad va
lorou svslein would noi have been broach?!, in
Congress. ^
A Caracas letter, published in ihe Philadelphia
U. S. Gazette, says:
The Venczuelean Congress has given Ve*pn;.i
an Ellis a nalm-d grant, in lieu ol the gran: giv
en last year by the Provincial Deputation ol
Guayaua. Tnis splendid giant is lot the period
of eighteen years. The boatsare to be lrce from
all contribution lo i he government in the way ol
duiies on the materials, (if laken out in pieces)
and Irtr Irom all port charges, and they are to be
under the 1 \nezu-'lafl'tfh and have all the priv il
eges of national vessels. FiiewooJ is free to him
on the public lands.
The grant embraces the Oronoeo and Apure ri
vers. The grant i? better than the one fiom Guay
ana in all respects.
I understand Irom influential people here, that
arrangements logo ahead with ihe project s! Mr.
Vesp.vian Ellis are being made as rapidly a>
pos: ible.
A PATRIOTIC SEAMAN.?The loll .wing
letter was left with the purser ol the St. Mary *
by J. Ileniy KralTt, a seaman on boa id thai ship,
as he was about going ashote on the expedition to
Tampieo: 0._
"U. S. Ship St. M*nv *, Nov. 15, IeSlti.
"Sir ?' On going ashore to tight for ihe coun
try ol my adopt ion, 1 beg to address a fcwhn?
to you, and 1 ain confident you will Ireel) t.ran
ihe lavors I ask ol you, as one ol ihe officers ol
oovernmcni anil as a gentleman.
"In case of my deaih, I wish the litile I have
due on Ibis ship'-- looks to go foi Ihe benefit ol
govern mem. It will be sufficient lor a soldiet s
pay for ihe space ol niue months in my place.
"1 sincerely wish that you will inform my la
ther Mr. John II. Ivrafli, ol Ilanau, in Hernia
ny ol my death, and also that I lell on ihe field
of battle. * * * * *
"Y?IS'"%rKSv KRAFFT."
In lorwatding this letter lo the depatiment,
rommar.derSaunders writes: " send it because
i: may be graiilying to you io know ol the pat
riotism ol one ol n.r adopted citizen* It is
more . rcditable to Kratlt, because he had no m
lention .?! continuing in the service alter his u rin
ol enlistment has expired."-[ Washington Lniu,;.
Hon. Joseph R.Ingersoll, as wc learn Irom the
Savannah Itepublican, has consenied to deliver
ihe Annual Add:ess before the two Societies ol
Fianklin College, at Athens, Ga., during the hrsi
week in August. The RepubUcan adds:
"We will be pleased to welcome this distinguish
c,l Mran^cr into our State on a mission ol com
mon interest to North and South-thai o! promou
ing intellectual culture/*
The Chops throughout New England look ad
mirably. So they do almost everywhere. I he
tains d the past week have been wirt^- diffused
and most relreshir.g. Corn, Potatoes Vines,Gar
den Vegetables, are growing luxuriantly ,
but Hay-Making is at a discount and we fear
the immense area of Spring W heat in the west
will sutler sevctdy Itom tust. Ihe uin was
creally needed in many sections.especially cn the
fmmediate shore ol LakeE.ie where .he he. rtag
ol the pastures was utterly dry and dead a \.eek
ag0 _[.Y. Y. Tribune.
A NEW EFFECT OF THE MAGNET
ICTELEGRAPH.-The various w.res ol lei
iiv r~. ,iin_ l0 imersectso many sections i f
n Tc nSd X have a decided effect up
on electricity. That eminent scientific man Pre -
flor 01 sfend of Yale College slates, .hat, a,
thestorm comes uPl and especially when over he
wires filty or a hundred miles distant, ihe
?ehmin? is attracted by the wires, which can be
n-ovedby a?y cne remaining in ihe telegraph of
5*,? f,r mil an hour. About the ume ihe storm
iscomiogup the wires are continually filled with
S It is mv opinion, he says, ihat we
shall never have very heavy thunder showers or
hear of lightning striking, so long as wc havtie
leeranh wires spread over the earth.
legrapn * r [Boston Transcript.
EVILS OF INTEMPERANCE-It is a fact
well established that the greater pottion of ihe pau
perism aod ctimc with which our country is af
flicted is the rciult, cither directly orremo.elyo
7 ' ti,? tb'eivation of intelligent
o,r? s Jc?.
SeUSo iasleinPce?ant ^em^aD^SeSng inYI
fV|hft three-fourihs ol 270 inmates at present in
S'lS iKwiS which he is connected, and of
ill o.be c fflioals in ihe prisons, of that State,
had been in the habit of using intoxicating, drinks,
naaceeu" [Banntrof Temperance.
A large Convention has been held al Greeu
' ville, Tennessee, composed of about three hun
dred delegates Irotn East Tennessee and South
western Virginia. Captain Johu B. Floyd of
Washington county, Va., was chosen President
of the Convention. It was determined by the
Convention to memorialize the Tennessee Legis
lature lor an appropriation ol $*250,GOO, to be ex
pended in the improvement of the French Broad
River 10 a given point herealier to be determined,
and to render the Ilolsion navigable for steam
boat from Knoxville to. Kingspoti; and also to
obtain a chatter lor a railroad from Knoxville to
the Virginia line.
The Abingdon (Va.) Jacksonian expresses the
hope that the labors of the Convention may, at no
veiy distant day, be crowned with the most s:gr.al
success in the accomplishment of the designated
Improvement-vvhieh would unquestionably prove
of incalculable advantage to both East Tennessee
and Southwestern Virginia.
CITY WHIG CON VENTION-NOMINA.
TION OP gen. TAYLOR FOR THE PRE
SIDENCY.?A meeting of this Convention was
held at Franklin Hall last night, (says ibe Haiti
' more American July 20th.) The room was ftlVd
to its utmost capacity by the members of the
Convention and others of the Whig party.
After the transaction of some preliminary bu
I siness, Col. J.jhn Picked, the Chairman ol the
' Convention, with some appropriate remarks, in
i iroduced resolutions approbatoiy ol the charac
: irr and servircs of Major General Zacharv
! Taylor, and nominating him as the candidate ol
' ihe Whig party of Baltimore for the Presidency.
The resolutions were adopted with acclamation,
and wiili the greatest unanimity and enthusiasm.
On the adjournment of the Convention, the
persons present proceeded in a body to Barnum'k
! CilV Hotel, for the purpose of paying their re
! spects to the Hon. Wm. T. Goldsborough, the
Whig Gubernatorial candidate. The assem
blage was received by Mr. Goldsborough with
his accustomed urbane and gentlemanly deport
joent, and alter spending a short lime in social
1 conversation, dispersed with three checrs (or Ge
neral Taylor, three for Henry Clay, and three for
Wm. T. Goidsborough.
The Newark Daily Advertiser says that Mr.
Alex. Dickerson, of that city, has teccntly pa
tented a mode of melting iton ore and producing
bloomed iron which, in the judgment of men
well inlormed on the subject, is an improvement
ol the greatest importance, not only to manufac
turers but to society at large. Mr. D.'s improve
ment consists in combining with a closed forge
fire a tight chamber, with an opening at the u p
to fill in the charge of fuel and ore. The value
and impotianceol this simple invention (remarks
the Advertiser) will be readily apprehended when
we say, as we do on the most reliable authority,
that it saves halt the coal and halt the lime re
quired by the old method, and at the same time
makes a better article?equal to the best Russia
or Swedes Iron.
These statements are vouched lor by Col. Jo
seph Jackson, one ol the oldest iron masters in
the Union, and by Setli Boyden, Esq., a machi
nist and inventor, whose opinions on them sub
jects, the Advertiser remarks, have the weight
and authority ol demonstrations.
The Rev. Mr. Cumminghas been alerted Rer- ,
turol Christ Church, Norfolk, to supply the va J
eanev caused by the death ot the Uev. Upton
BeaH. ______
NAVAL.?The French Government steamn
Le Tonnere, Capl. lie Lacour, leti this port yes ;
terday mornine, bound to Toulon.
The U. S. frigaic Potomac was towed up to the i
Navy Yard yesterday.?[Sorfolk Herald, July ?9 ;
REDUCTION OF RAILROAD FARE.
We arc really pleased to see that our Railroad |
Company has reduced the fare along the whole
line something like 50 per cent. The fare from
this place to VVeldon (1C1J miles) isnowor.lv
$1; and from here to Baltimore only $t0. The
(are Irom Charleston to Weldon, a distance
ol about 3i!5 miles, is now only 58. This is do
ing the thing in real sensible style, and will be
alilce advaniagcous to the Railroad Company
and the community.
[ Wilmington Journal, July 16.
The benefits of cheap travelling en important '
routes are common to the travelling public and (
io the proprietors ol the means of conveyance ?
lu view ol ihis lact, the Seaboard and Roanoke
It. R. Co., we have heard it stated, in:end to make
the faie between Weldon and Baltimore, when
ihe connexion shall be completed, but five dol
lars. One may then travel from Charleston to
Baltimore, making about GCO miles, lor thirteen
dollars.?[Portsmouth Chronicle.
NEW ERA IN NAVIGATION.-On the
20th inst., the three masted schooner New Hum*
wick anchored outside Chicago harbor, loaded
with 18,000 bushels of wheal; with which ?he
had cleared for Liverpool. She goes by the way
of Wetland Canal and St Lawrence." This i>
the first clearance ot the kind ever made from
inland waters of the great lakes lor a European
pott, and constitutes a new eta in the history ot
navigation?f Qucbcc Castile.
!? K ATIIS.
Departed thin life, oil the 30th June, in Randolph
coilnlv. Virginia, ill thedUt year of hi* age, WILLIAM
MARTKNEY, Sit., much re?pected by all who klu w
liiin. '"Alan Hint is born of woman i.< of few day*, and
full of trouble, lie conirtli I'orlli like a lloiver, am! l.i < nl
down; lie tleelli also as a shadow, ami continued! not."
Dint, in Warwick county, on Monday, Hie l?tli July,
of Flittllrti* Pulmonalifi, nfler n painful iUne^ of xeveial
months, Mis* MARY K., only dauphin of Kenjnniiii
Hansford, jr., Krq.,in ilie 10th yrar of her ape. Till*
yoiimraud interiMing lady has left a large circle 01
friends ami relative* to iik>11111 their severe and sad be
leaveinent.
rpIIK iilldeisiKlied bejjs leave lo letlllli lux Ihanki to
1 ili..?e prraoiiK who have so generously bealowe.l
111.011 him ihrir patronage a>a
COM MISSION M ER( Jf I ANT.
lie again traders hi-< -etvices liir the ->ale ol all kind*
of liraiii, at a ciinimi?sion of one cmt per bushel. III.
best ert'oits ttiU always be employed to :<ccure ihe iiio-i
advanlaifenBrt leiniy. All deinandn in a le^ular Com
mission Mniiiiesu attended to promptly.
Reference, a* heretofore, to the most extensive and
lespeLlable houses in the city.
flKO. R FKAKR,
At the Store ot Jo.sts Jt Wimhiow
July Hil?c I in
l\ f ANAGERS* OFFICE I). PAINE A
IV I. CO., Richmond, Va.
This Day-Si l 000, 4,000, ri.OOO, 2.000, 1,500,
120 ul 1,000. IS Nos , 13 dtawn. Tickets54.
Drawn Nos. ol Susquehanna, ('lass 35.
r>r? 45 74 33 14 4s (h) "h -jo <;<; 3 -ji
Whole 131 48 55, 1,000 ) sent from this agen
Uuarler 3 33 15, 1,000 { cy t?. Norfolk.
July 30
TURPIN & CO.'S OFFICE, open from 5, A.
M., until G P. M.
Let all other Venders boam as they will,
TtJKI'IN 4" CO. sell Prize* Mill!
Drawn Nos. of Alexandria Lottery, l"a?s 12:
? i 3h i 60 5i; fi i 4? y er> t;<; ti:.|
Ticket \os. 11 M tii, a prizeof 5:1011,m>M and paid
atsifjluhy TL'KI'tN A CO.
Lottery diawg to day at the Exchange Hotel al 5
o'clock;return hour -t o'clock.
4 000 DOLLARS! 1,000 DOLLARS!
FRIDAY?Lee?biirjr, Extra, No. "J I. Capita!": t, I,
OMO, I.OOO, :m:i, kc. 7h Num., 14 drawn. Ticktis
SI; halve* 50 c ; quarters 25 c.
1,000 DOLLARS! 1,000 DOLLARS !
SATURDAY?Sussex, Extra, No. CI. Capital* :?
$4,000, l.OOO, 343, itc. 7a No*., M draw u. Ticket*.
$1; halves .0!) et*.; quarters v!."> its.
Draws Saturday?Capital $40,000. Lowest three
No. prize $000. Ticket* $10; halves 0; quartern V Ml.
frizes in the above Loiter ied lor kale at
July 30 'IT It PIN i CO.'S PKIZK OFFICE'.
WORCESTER'S
CELEBRATED 1'IAAO FOItTES.
DRINKER & MORRIS have on hand a fuiJ ,
assortment ol the abore celebrated instru-1
ments; and in consequcncc ol the increased de
mand lor them, have made such arrangcmcn's j
with the manulac'urer as u iil enable them at ^11
times to be lolly supplied with inMrurnenis ol his
various pi ices and styles ol manufacture, and <
to oiler inducements w hich are tarely met with |
in the purchase ol Piano Fortes.
Proles*ors, amateurs, and judges ol the instru- ;
ment, express but one opinion in regard to their j
quality, which is, "they cannot be excelled."
From tho*e in want, we solicit an examination,
assuring them ihat do risk cr hazard attend the
purchase ol Worcester's instruments, as we can
show by the highest testimonials from judges of
ihe instrument. July 2G
The Latest Publications.
EXCHANGE BOOKSTORE.
RUSSELL?a Talc of the Reign ol Chailes
?2d; by G. P. R. James, Esq. 25 cis.
The Knight ol Gwynne, complete; 2d supply.
*25 c!?.
Dombey and Daughter; elegantly illustrated.
*25 cts.
The Count of Monte Christo; 2 parts. ?!
Lile in London do
Ellen Munroe do 1
Esther de Medina do 50c
Memoirs of a Physician; by A. Dumas. 25c
George; orthe Planter ofthe Isle of France. 50c
Sylvandire; or ihe Disputed Inheritance. 50c
Isabel ol Bavaria; by A. Dumas. 50c
Inheritance; 2 parts; by Miss Ferrier. 50c
Marriage; do 25c
The Gypsey; or the Robbers of Naples. 25c
Received this day and lor sale by
C. F. FISHER,
July 30 Under Exchange Hotel.
OST, between branch's Meeting House and
Manchester, a small POCKET-BOOK,
containing my Free Papeis. The finder will be
soitably rewarded by leaving them at the Man
chesler Post Office, or by delivering tbem to' me.
GEORGE A. BANKS.
Manchester, July 28?d3.*
COMMERCIAL RfCORij
IllCIIMOND MAttKETS,|uly^; ?
TOBACCO?Inspections snialk- t[,a^
: have been, and prices a shade b.!er
quote Lugs SI 75 a - 50; common J^j 3
4 50; tmiiidiing 4 75 a 5 50; goc^ siuiii,,. g ^
14 25.
FLOUR?The laie foreign int?lfigencehas ,t.
duccd rates 10 ?5 lor c*lt!; new (?.
WHEAT?The millers in the city are ra;
ing SI for new wheat.
OATS?50 c. from depu, 15 c. trom ve scl.
CORN?1;5 a 70 cents.
PROVISIONS.?Bacon: Siriti.fieK! an,< c. ?
! cured, 10 a 11 cents; Hams M j , jo c?. v>,. '
j ern Sides, 9 a 10 cents; [Shoulders, a > rifn!j
; Supply good?demand light, [.art -\| Cfr.j
' stock of bbl?. light-demand lair,
i CATTLE?For Cattle from the scales,
weight, 75a3 75; neit ti 75 a 7, accordVc?
1 quality. Siukp, dipt, ?- 50 a 3 00; Laud, ?
50 a 3?scarce and in demand. Il^>. ?c 50
COTTON?IIJ a 12 cents per lb.
FISH?North Carolina cut lleirings SCau
and in demand. Shad SB.
SALT?From whait I GO.
STATE OF THE STOCK MARKET.
Reported by lievaUu Uluir, L< > ?.??.' S\ /y. -f
State Stork 6 per cent*?par value %!m. Sain
payment of July interest at I'Jij o* It'".
Corporation (? per cent*'--par value $luo. ,sip,
since payment of July imeie?t.
Jame? River and Kanawha Bonds, guaranteed t,t ;t,
St-ite?in demand at par ami intere.-t.
Exchange Hank Stock?par value *!'*' l.j.tvj,
at ?l?3i
Farmers' Bank Stork par value $lm). I.i.i ,sir, J(
Virginia Bank Stock?par value $7u. I m . ,i,,
Manchester Cotton and Wont Mi>nnt.ietijriugSi.?k..
par value S'1"'?!??"'?' at $e'>
Itii I0110111I Kire Aasocialh-n Sto* k |?it value
ast Kilcs $.'11.
llithuiond, Fredericksburg ami IV ?
j stock?par value $100? In hi at
Richmond, Fiedern kftur; ai..l !'? tomai (Villon,
I of IVtit?par value $ltli'~he'it r,t
Kit hinond and lainisa l!*ilroad u pat ?a'ur <;.
j ?held at $40 a 45.
HYTKLKCillAl'tl To K it'll.MOM),
24 Hours In Advtuieo of the Mail.
[Corrcsp taience ol the Richmond En.;tii:er:
BALTIMORE, July p. jj'*
The Flourmaiket continues very quiet. 'iv.
nr.' a lew sales ot fiesh inspections ai jl?;,?)
i Fresh ground coin ui.uk!s 5 7;>. citv Mi,;. ,.
j held at 5l*?
There is but little Grain in market. pr;?e
; quality white Wheat brings 130 c.; s.ilf>
I red Wheat at 135 c. Oals 50 3 53 c.
Whi-key, in bills., 2(j c. per gallon.
Sales of 300 hltds. Porto Rico Sugar .1:1^ 3
! c. New Orleans is worth t'>J c.
PHILADELPHIA, July 0-.?, l\ M
, The sales of Flour have bet 11 moJi-raieatpy.
vious rates.
Pi ime yellow corn is held at 75 cents. \\'l 1,.
. key CO #ei.i:,.
1 There L a better feeling in the Cotieti ra.-.rkr
l Sales to day of 2,000 bushels prime Red V.'Le.;
! at 1*25 cents.
I At 5 o'clock this evening there wa? 7 trr
I icr in the rivet at Pittsburg.
The price of Provisions has slightly 3..
vanceil.
NEW YOHK, July ?9,I'.M, I
There have been sales to-day ol Ccr.nrwt
Pt.ot'R at?5 t/Jt a ?5 GS J, and Western at $j k
S00 I arreis Southern were sold at ?5 7i>.
We quote sales of white Ccns, not primesu.-. |
lity, at 61c. 1000 bushels yellow Corn Joucii -?!
Uk-day at 69c.
Bed Wiikat commands 110c. Kales of price
while at 135c.
The Cotton market remains quiet.
FOB SALE, a handsome New Ycrk tun
Carriage, vetylight, suitable krone cr w.
horses, has been but little used, and i> in pc.-fec:
older.
Also, a fine Buggy Hor?e, a fast trotter, v?..
broke to harness and peilectlv gentle. Applvt:
July 30?Ht W. It. MYiittS.
I W. MAUUY & CO., MANAGEIbS.
J . Drawn Nos. ot New Jeisey, 59, July ?>.
15 34 53 53 43 S4 58 II 51 14 I?.'
This Evening, at the Exchange.?34,0l'0 Ca
pital. Tickets SI. 78 No*., 14 dtawn. Draw
ing received at 5 o'clock.
To-.M or row?Alexandria, No. 41. HO.Ow)
Capital. 5 priz <-t SI,500, 5 ol 1,250, 75 c! j
1,000, 75 o( 500, Ac. 75 Nos , II drawn. Tick
euS'0. Drawing received at 7, P. M.
July 30
TUCKAHOE COAL MlNIN(; <JO MPAN i
\ MEETING "i tli:' Stockholder? -: the
Tuckaltoe Coal Mining Company is
by railed at the Columbian I lotel, in tins <??:y,?
Saturday, 'tl-st i?ist;ini, (July,) at Ii^V-'uek, t ?
1 In* ptiipfse nt ?!?? vising the means 10 pay ot! tt'
ill*lit due bv said Company, fur which the projie:
is advertised 10 lie sold under a Deed ol fru?i,
lake place on Montlay, -M of August next.
Uy order of the President el the Com pin v.
GEO. D. FISHER,
July -i ?dldm Secietarv.
ONE CENT REWARD 1
\N indented apprentice named JAMES .4.
KING, loimerly ol King William Count
h'li my employment some lour wrelcs ?mc<. -
Tin: above rewaidwill be paid lor his delivctt
to me. All persons are hereby forewarned lr<t
haibotiii" or exploying said apprentice u: <ier n
seveiest penalty ot the law.
July S8-3t JNO. D. UllARLKS.
TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.
Wt! lound it necessary, in ISI5, toa.f fi
system of cliaipin^ lor bap;:age, when
excefded 50 !!?:,. to the passengei, since ilien,*
expeiienee has lullV sustained the posili. 11 nt
in order that it may be eiicn-ively known,
again publish it.
We will not charge lor baggage unie-s ii '
c>d CO lbs.; in that case, we will charge |.-r .
over 50 lbs. This, we hope, will be ac-'efta
to !hc public, conhdcnt lh.it it is jiim, politic 3'
inipoiiaiit to all.
PARISH, FICKLIN A Ci'.
Chatloltesville, Va., July 0!)?d3w
T ) AGS.?The highest market price, in csv
j\. paid lor cotioii an>l linen Rags, < .ilori '
while, at the Franklin Paper Mill in ihis iity.
Parcels lorwaidedio the subscriber will be ]? om;
ly atlendi <1 io, anil payment lemitted, as in" u.;
by the owners. JOHN RICHARDS,
tsupeiiuiendeui Piankliu Pap. / Mill.
July L?7-C'2aw5w
Si \Voo(tliou<?i'
\T7"ILLreceive, perschr. Courier, ir*'in M''
YV Stodart \k Dunham, three i;e r<* Pi?>t
Fortes in Roscwgod eases. The iwc whi'h w
be lor sale (the other being engaged) ate t
class instruments ami very leauliiully i.:.i >?
one ol them is a splendid '-seven octave," art*:
ii rcseitiblis the one la-l sold bv the Mil '., li1
il will be, to use the eiithll-ia.-tie riin.it"; '
purchaser, "the tinest Piano in the county.
The other is similar to t>r.e sent a highly
spectable getlemati, of fine taste, who al'ei' ? ?
in? had suilicietil lime to test his pturhasc, ??'
to us voluntarily, that "The L-en eviier.ct; f
eoul l give ol the ^:iti~faction his Piano haii
lordtd, was 10 reqnesi us to senJ him another ?
a neighbor, in all respects precisely iiketlutf
c hased lor his own use."
This is the sort ol satisfaction which is ?r;
fying to both | arties. We do not ti e these
stances as at all new, for they are selected o?
many, but to ihe oiled that those whoare ii!??
ol Piano Fortes by purchasing such :.?? areia-:
by Messrs. Stodart A: Dunham, may fV
the same feelings as experienced by the a1-?
persons.
Another remark we will make?that in ?<?
of the most satisfactory sales we have ir.sde,
selection has been lelt entirely to ourselves,
is convincing proof that the interest ol iht v * '
order of 11s is as well served as those who 3
personally present. Our prices are the sarnt -
at the Notthand our assorting nta.s large as a
met with in any one establishment there, f
ptices allowed for old Pianos in cxeliarpe.
A'skilful Tuner ami R.epairer of ihc
Forte can always be found at our e<tab
anil modtrate charges made (or work ui.n'-;
NASH A WOODHOUSE,
Booksellers and Dealers in Piano Fortes, Mus'
&c., 139 Main St. Jo]Tf
CLARKE'S OFFICE, Fourtecnih S:r"
Richmond, Virginia.
t^t all l.ollery Venders say wliat tliey rr?l:-i
For nellins Prizes CLARKE tarriei" tfle di?
Drawing of NewJerncy I.oUery, Clif?
15 34 53 23 43 U 58 1J 51 14 13
CLARKB still wiling the CapiuUi. , .
Ticket Nos. 23 44 51, a prua of $200, ?"1
above bv
CLARKFJ'S fiynojfiii oj Schemes for /u ?c'
FRIDAY, July 30-4,000, Ticket.a .
SATURDAY, July 31 -40,000, 15,900, ?
1,000. Tickets 10. ?
For sale by CLARKE, who is to be the^ -
prize seller of Richmond in all lirae to cc?'
July 26
Volunteers lor ifieiic?*
ADJtrriNT GesEK.tr.'s Owct,
Richmond, July 24, IS1<* '
ONE of the two Companies required, JlJ^ i
mustered into ihe set vice ol the
at Richmond on the first day ol
other on the 15th. Tha first Cotnpan) ls, Jfl
filled; the second is expected from trie so" j ....
All who are desirous to join are J?
pott to me as soon as possible. -*'J
subsistence are provided for them
Bv command. r ~n\i a u.
WM. H. RICHARDSON, A
. July SC?dlicttOih Aug,